The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
- Original title
- Летят журавли
- Directed by
- Mikhail Kalatozov
- Genre
- drama film, war film, romance film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- 14
- Rating
- 7.9 of 10 from 457 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The movie follows a young woman whose fiancé goes to fight in World War II. It shows how the war tears apart their relationship and the emotional toll it takes on her and others around her.
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What happens
The Cranes Are Flying (Russian: Летят журавли, romanized: Letyat zhuravli) is a 1957 Soviet war drama film directed and produced by Mikhail Kalatozov at Mosfilm, written by Viktor Rozov, and starring Aleksey Batalov and Tatiana Samoilova. It depicts the cruelty and the damage done to the Soviet psyche as a result of the Second World War, which was known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. The film had a profound impact on Soviet cinema, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, the only Soviet film to win that award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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